Ryan Clifford received his BFA in Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2000. He is currently enrolled in the MFA Graphic Design Program at MICA. Prior to MICA, Ryan was an instructor in the undergraduate Graphic Design Department at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he taught from 2002 through 2007. In addition to teaching, he has worked professionally in corporate design and advertising, and was a creative designer at General Motors in Detroit, Michigan where he was responsible for branding implementation, identity design, and environmental graphics. He has also worked for Buck and Pulleyn, and interned for Saatchi & Saatchi, where clients included Kodak and DuPont. His work has been recognized by the Rochester Advertising Federation and the National Paperbox Association. In 2007, he was a featured panelist at the Rochester screening of the documentary film Helvetica, by Gary Hustwit.